Ngati Kahungunu tribe signing over ownership of Lake Wairarapa to the Crown

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Ngati Kahungunu tribe signing over ownership of Lake Wairarapa to the Crown

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TAPUHI

Description

The signing over of ownership of Lake Wairarapa from Wairarapa Maori to the Crown, at Papawai Pa. At the centre of the table sits Judge Butler handing a cheque to Purakau. On the judge's right is Sir James Carroll and on his left is Takarangi Meta Kingi with Mr Goffe standing behind him. Tamahau Mahupuku sits on the ground to the left of the table. Many other prominent Wairarapa Maori leaders are also shown. On the reverse of the photograph is a newspaper article about the event which in...

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Date created

January 1896

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22408095

Locations

Papawai Marae / Lake Wairarapa / Papawai / Wairarapa, Lake

Related subjects

Butler, William James, 1848-1904 / Carroll, James (Sir), 1857-1926 / Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau, -1904 / Land tenure / New Zealand / Treaties / Papawai Marae / Lake Wairarapa

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